Venturing Youth Leadership Training

Venturing Youth Training

Youth Leadership Training

Common sense tells us that training is important. Research shows the importance of trained leadership, and a trained leader is knowledgeable and more confident in their role. Trained leaders exhibit a knowledge and confidence that is picked up by people around them. Trained leaders impact the quality of programs, youth tenure, safety, and a whole lot more. A trained leader is better prepared to make their crew program all it can be!

Crew Officer Orientation

This course helps orient new crew officers to the duties of their positions, and shows how an effective team of officers can lead a crew to success.

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help your crew present this course at your next crew meeting.

Scheduled courses:

TBA

Introduction to Leadership Skills for Crews [ILSC]

This training is intended to help Venturers in leadership positions within their crew understand their responsibilities and to equip them with the knowledge and skills needed to fulfill those responsibilities.

Upon completion of this course the TRAINED strip patch may be worn on the left sleeve under the officer patch.

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help your crew present this course at your next crew meeting.

Youth Protection Training

The Boy Scouts of America places the greatest importance on creating the most secure environment possible for our youth members. True youth protection can be achieved only through the focused commitment of everyone in Scouting. It is the mission of Youth Protection volunteers and professionals to work within the Boy Scouts of America to maintain a culture of Youth Protection awareness and safety at the national, regional, area, council, district, and unit levels.

All Young Adult crew members (18 to 20) must take Youth Protection for Venturers.

Youth ALPS Training

The Venturing A-L-P-S program model provides a framework for a dynamic program of Adventure, Leadership, Personal growth, and Service. It is grounded in a flexible program of continuous, youth-led adventure, with the recognition system providing Venturers with benchmarks of progress.

Venturing-specific trainings provide opportunities to learn and apply leadership skills. Venturing’s program model provides explicit training experiences to help youth lead and mentor as well as opportunities to test and refine skills during youth-led and youth-mentored adventures. The following training courses are those training opportunities for each award level.

Training Sessions for the Discovery Award

Goal Setting and Time Management

Finding a successful time management strategy depends on a person’s personality, ability to self-motivate and level of self-discipline. This course introduces established methods for improving a Venturer’s ability to effectively manage the events in his or her life in relation to time.

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help your crew present this course at your next crew meeting.

First-Aid & CPR

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help present this course at your next crew meeting.

Scheduled courses:

TBA

Training Sessions for the Pathfinder Award

Project Management Training

This training is designed to prepare Venturers to effectively manage projects. It leads them through each essential step, including initiating, planning, executing, controlling, and closing.

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help your crew present this course at your next crew meeting.

Scheduled courses:

TBA

Training Sessions for the Summit Award

Mentoring for Venturing Crews

Mentoring is a form of leadership and can be performed in a variety of circumstances throughout the Venturing program. This training is designed to help Venturers understand how to mentor other members of the crew and appreciate the role mentoring plays in personal growth and leadership for both the mentee and mentor.

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help your crew present this course at your next crew meeting.

Scheduled courses:

TBA

Advanced Training

These advance training courses provide opportunities to take your leadership, training and mentoring skills to the next level.

Wood Badge

Wood Badge is an exciting, action-packed program designed for councils to provide adult members with leadership skills and experience they can use in their Scouting positions and in other situations demanding leadership of self and others.

Kodiak Challenge

Kodiak Challenge Treks are centered around a challenging 5-day or two-3 day weekend trek. Kodiak teaches leadership skills in a fun way that is internalized by the participants. Kodiak is not taught indoors or in a classroom; it is done completely outdoors using nature’s examples of leadership.

Powder Horn

Powder Horn is a high-adventure resource-management course designed to educate adult and youth involved in the Venturing program about the Ranger Award. This course will give all participants an opportunity to experience the Ranger Award program themselves, and become knowledgeable about how to safely conduct outdoor activities of a fun and challenging nature.

First-Aid & CPR

Contact the PTAC VOA to information how how your VOA can help present this course at your next crew meeting.

Scheduled courses:

TBA

Wilderness First Aid [WFA]

Wilderness First Aid courses are designed to meet the needs of those who go into areas that are beyond the reach of urban EMS. This course has a certification process. It is approximately 16 hours of training for situations when help is delayed. It will be required for those units taking a trek to the Philmont Scout Reservation and is recommended for backcountry camping, hiking, canoeing, or other high adventure.

Leave No Trace [LNT]

The Boy Scouts of America is committed to Leave No Trace, which is a nationally recognized outdoor skills and ethics awareness program. Its seven principles are guidelines to follow at all times. BSA Councils throughout the country use the course to introduce Leave No Trace to their members.

Scheduled courses:

TBA

Supplemental Training

Hazardous Weather Training

Severe weather hazards, such as tornadoes, lightning, hail, flash flooding, and downbursts, can be dangerous. Each requires a basic understanding of what to do so that you can protect yourself and your Scouts. The scale of weather conditions can seem daunting—ranging from high heat with no humidity to torrential downpours with possible flooding.

Safe Swim Defense

BSA groups shall use Safe Swim Defense for all swimming activities. All adults (18 and older) supervising a swimming activity must have completed Safe Swim Defense training within the previous two years. Safe Swim Defense standards apply at backyard, hotel, apartment, and public pools; at established waterfront swim areas such as beaches at state parks and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers lakes; and at all temporary swimming areas such as a lake, river, or ocean.

Safety Afloat

Safety Afloat has been developed to promote boating and boating safety and to set standards for safe unit activity afloat. Before a BSA group may engage in an excursion, expedition, or trip on the water (canoe, raft, sailboat, motorboat, rowboat, tube, or other craft), adult leaders for such activity must complete Safety Afloat Training, have a commitment card with them, and be dedicated to full compliance with all nine points of Safety Afloat.

Trek Safely

Trek Safely is designed to help Scouting groups be fully prepared for a backcountry trek. It will help each youth and adult member recognize situations that could develop where the group will have to adjust its schedule or route, or even make camp for the night due to weather or an injured or ill crew member. Crews who address possible scenarios in advance are less likely to be surprised on the trail. Contingency planning is critical to the success of every trip.

Climb On Safely

Climb On Safely is the Boy Scouts of America’s procedure for organizing BSA climbing/rappelling activities at a natural site or a specifically designed facility such as a climbing wall or tower.

All unit-sponsored/planned climbing activities, regardless of where they are held, fall under Climb On Safely. This applies to a single unit or multiple units that may be participating in a joint unit climbing activity.

Drive Safely

Accidents are quite rare in Scouting. But when one does occur, it probably didn’t happen while camping. It likely didn’t involve backpacking, canoeing or climbing, either.

The majority of Scouting accidents happen on the way to or from Scouting activities. They happen on the road. As a Scouting adult who is responsible for driving Scouts various activities, you should do all you can to be a safe driver. This online course helps you understand the dangers and provides strategies to "Drive Safely."